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Post by claycat on Oct 12, 2007 15:51:48 GMT -5
Digdug, thanks so much! I have everything I need to do it. Thanks for the water tip, didn't think of that!
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Post by DigDug on Oct 13, 2007 18:43:31 GMT -5
Claycat, you are most welcome, glad I could offer a bit of assistance. Here is the wrapped cab pictured a few posts back.
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Oct 13, 2007 21:33:34 GMT -5
Nice job on the wirewrapping, that stuff is so hard! ;D
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Post by dr00bie on Oct 13, 2007 22:11:32 GMT -5
Tom,
Has that orange beryl been cleaned in some SIO? Could an iron stain be what is making it appear orange?
Drew
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 14, 2007 8:13:49 GMT -5
No iron stains here! The color is saturated all the way through. I thought of that. I'm sure it might be iron impurities making it orange, but mineral impurities are what color all stones anyway. I have found other pieces I suspected were orange beryl, but none so formed. I went online and in Maine, they have found many orange beryl pieces in a mine with different beryl minerals in it, and the color and configuration are exactly the same as this piece. You can also buy orange beryl online, so I know it's not a fluke. If you go deep enough, The Crabtree holds fortunes and mysteries far beyond our imaginations. You just have to look! Tom.
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Post by DigDug on Oct 14, 2007 13:53:07 GMT -5
2255, Curious, on the scale of worth, is the orange higher, being a bit more scarce/rare?
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 14, 2007 15:52:32 GMT -5
Well, if you look at what prices the material goes for online, it's interesting because even though it's much more rare, the demand isn't there, precisely because there really isn't enough of it to really put forth as marketable material. So, on a scale, it's not that pricey when cut, but the specimens seem to be more than the cut stones too! Ironic. If I could find a few hundred pounds of it, like red beryl, then it would really be worth something. Up in Maine, it looked to me like they had about forty pieces of it, most around an inch long, and gemmy. l wonder what they did with it. They said they were putting it all together for a museum exhibit on a permanent basis, since it was probably all they would find. I think the stuff is gorgeous, but love those emeralds!
Tom.
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Post by 4cornersrocks on Oct 15, 2007 1:25:23 GMT -5
Cool stuff everybody, emeralds... wow!
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Post by Doug on Oct 17, 2007 5:18:08 GMT -5
;DTo those who did not make it to the picnic last Sunday, Tom brought a box and a bag full of Crabtree material that HE GAVE AWAY!!! Beth and I both got a couple of pieces (OK I took hers away when we got home) that will cab nicely. I got one piece that has a great little yellow crystal. Basically if you were not there you missed out!!!
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Post by DigDug on Oct 18, 2007 18:39:44 GMT -5
Here is an interesting crystal. It is half Emerald and half Gold Beryl
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Post by kilrush2000 on Oct 18, 2007 18:41:32 GMT -5
Its common for Crabtree emerald to phase from Helidor to Emerald, from my observations
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 18, 2007 20:04:27 GMT -5
Okay, bear with me! I just got my new camera and I have to post these pictures. This is a specimen I found yesterday, I haven't even gotten to uncovering all the emeralds in it. I believe there might be from fourty to sixty separate crystals, fairly small but all gemmy gorgeous green. Tom.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 18, 2007 20:08:40 GMT -5
What was interesting to me, was that the emeralds were all mixed in with the tourmaline, some above, some below, and I'd never seen that at the Crabtree before. There are more emeralds below what I've scraped out, but I'm not going to disturb the ones you see here. I love that green! Tom.
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Post by lee on Oct 18, 2007 20:23:23 GMT -5
Tom
Try to resize the picture so it is not so big. I can't really see the specimen as it needs to be viewed. It looks like the best piece of emerald matrix I have ever seen from the Crabtree. Congratulations.
Lee
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 18, 2007 20:27:50 GMT -5
I know Lee, you are right. But I'm still getting used to this new camera! I had it on "small" which is the least megapixel setting you can go on, but I must have to resize AND do megapixel count adjustments? I guess. I'm no camera guy. Just put a shovel in my hands, and let someone else take the pics!
Tom.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 18, 2007 20:35:30 GMT -5
Okay, Lee, here you go. As far as I know, this is absolutely the smallest my new camera will make the pictures, with the least bytes possible. If this doesn't work, please let me know what might! Thanks! Tom.
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Post by jewelonly on Oct 18, 2007 20:42:16 GMT -5
Tom,
I viewed it on my mobile and it is a gorgeous specimen!WOW! What are the dimensions of the piece?
Leah (shaking her head in admiration)
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Post by crystaldigger on Oct 18, 2007 20:53:12 GMT -5
writerman, you should be able to open the picture on your computer and save it as smaller dimensions and thus a smaller file size if that's what you're trying to do. Be sure to rename it when you save so you can maintain your original picture. If you have Microsoft Office Picture Manager or a Paint program, you should be able to accomplish that.
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Post by dixieeuhedrals on Oct 18, 2007 20:58:14 GMT -5
writerman , if you dont know how to resize pix and do have outlook express , here is a trick that will resize and web optimise the pix. Find the pix on your computer . Left click on one which will highlight it in blue . Depress and hold down the control button and then select as many pictures as you want . Right click on any of the highlighted pictures and select SEND TO and then MAIL RECIPIENT . It will compress and attach the photos with your default outlook express email accnt . It will give you the option to resize and select SMALL . Next , fill in the to field & send these to another email address you may have such as a yahoo or hotmail acct . Then you can just go in to your alternate account and retreive them . This actually optimizes them much better than photoshop elements does .
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Post by dixieeuhedrals on Oct 18, 2007 21:03:32 GMT -5
size matters :
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 18, 2007 21:10:57 GMT -5
Okay, thanks for your help. I will try those things and see how that then works. When I am on screen on the website, and hit the zoom button to 75% then the whole specimen can be seen. I will try and resize resend and redo from my end. The whole specimen is about 2 1/2 inches across, and 1 1/2 tall. The largest emerald is about 7mm showing, with some in quartz still under the biotite. Smalll, but in person, all of the crystals are very deep green and gorgeous! Thanks! Tom.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 19, 2007 14:34:27 GMT -5
Okay, I'm not doing this to be argumentative, but I think THIS is the nicest specimen I have found so far. It's 3.02 pounds and eight by five inches, with over 150 separate crystals in it, some of the nicest gem grade green I've seen, and clear, and that whole face you see is ALL green, some just looks black because of my camera skills. I really want to learn how to size these and take pics. so that they look like they look! This thing has only taken me over sixty hours of scraping to bring out the crystals, so it's dig, find, wash, scrape, scrape, scrape! I know you might have seen this before, but I'm trying out the new cam! Thanks for your indulgence! Tom.
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Post by amythestguy on Oct 19, 2007 14:46:13 GMT -5
Nice piece writerman
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 19, 2007 15:45:01 GMT -5
Thanks. It's much nicer in person . . .er.....in rock maybe! Ha!
Tom.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 22, 2007 9:56:01 GMT -5
I finally found out how to resize pictures via. my software. Does anyone know what pixel amounts are proper to pictures looking their best on this website? Thanks! Tom.
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Post by crystaldigger on Oct 22, 2007 10:28:07 GMT -5
WM, 640 x 480 should be sufficient. Good luck!
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 22, 2007 18:57:38 GMT -5
Okay, world, watch out! I am actually under the impression that I've figured out how to resize pictures! Here's the first one. Let's see how this worked.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 22, 2007 18:58:45 GMT -5
That last one was a close up of that three pound boulder I found last year. I think it gives you an idea of the quality of some of the green in there. That whole mass you see is actually green under the thin black almost paint like covering that is hard as heck to remove.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 22, 2007 18:59:47 GMT -5
Okay, this is the next one I tried.
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Post by writerman2255 on Oct 22, 2007 19:01:00 GMT -5
Then last but not least, I call this my emerald tree. It has a lot more emeralds around back, but I love this configuration. After seeing this one, this is why Rick suggested I pay more to go to the Crabtree! Thanks for supporting me, Lee, in my battle to keep things fair. Ha! Tom.
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